Biography – Chris Hopkins Hopkins graduated with honors from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena CA and taught at the Art Center shortly after graduation. The career of Chris Hopkins spans over three decades encompassing many genres including high profile illustration for film, entertainment sports, publishing and the corporate world including theme art for three Superbowls and marquee art for the film, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He has created work for the US government with works displayed in the White House during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and a commission from the Obama White House. As a civilian artist for the US Air Force  Chris has provided visual documentation of Humanitarian exercises in Thailand, and Central America, as well as stateside locations. He also served as a combat artist in Afghanistan. The resulting works are included in the permanent collection of the Pentagon. Chris was privately commissioned to create a narrative series of the N.W. Coast First Nations People that has traveled to several venues in Washington, Canada and California. He has created narrative paintings that celebrate the strength of the human spirit of the Tuskegee Airmen that traveled across the U.S. In 2018 Chris was invited by the Norman Rockwell Museum to contribute artwork to,“Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms”, A modern interpretation of Rockwell’s Four Freedoms that toured with Rockwell’s original paintings in multiple. venues throughout the US and France. In that  exhibit Chris won, Best Of Show. In 2022 Chris was again invited by the Norman Rockwell museum to participate in the  traveling exhibit,“Imprinted: Illustrating Race”, a special exhibition that examines the role of how published images shape attitudes towards race and culture, Chris has created a series of paintings that delves into personal family history of his wife Jan and that of the Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII. Hopkins graduated with honors from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena CA and taught at the Art Center shortly after graduation. Chris was resident artist at the Masterpiece Christian Arts Foundation. He has been awarded with gold and silver medals from SILA and a Life Achievement Award from Air Brush Action Magazine. In 2022 Chris was invited to participate in “Meymey’em” an International Indigenous Artists Gathering where he broadened his experience and artistic knowledge working beside and learning from indigenous artists from around the globe. Chris has collaborated with his wife Jan on numerous projects. He has also worked in collaboration with Maori artist, Lyonel Grant and he has also teamed with Canadian First Nations artist, Brenda Crabtree producing portraits that celebrate significant Indigenous artists Chris has always welcomed the opportunity to collaborate with like minded artists who possess a similar drive and artistic passion. Such partnerships have the great potent…Biography – Chris Hopkins Hopkins graduated with honors from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena CA and taught at the Art Center shortly after graduation. The career of Chris Hopkins spans over three decades encompassing many genres including high profile illustration for film, entertainment sports, publishing and the corporate world including theme art for three Superbowls and marquee art for the film, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He has created work for the US government with works displayed in the White House during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and a commission from the Obama White House. As a civilian artist for the US Air Force  Chris has provided visual documentation of Humanitarian exercises in Thailand, and Central America, as well as stateside locations. He also served as a combat artist in Afghanistan. The resulting works are included in the permanent collection of the Pentagon. Chris was privately commissioned to create a narrative series of the N.W. Coast First Nations People that has traveled to several venues in Washington, Canada and California. He has created narrative paintings that celebrate the strength of the human spirit of the Tuskegee Airmen that traveled across the U.S. In 2018 Chris was invited by the Norman Rockwell Museum to contribute artwork to,“Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms”, A modern interpretation of Rockwell’s Four Freedoms that toured with Rockwell’s original paintings in multiple. venues throughout the US and France. In that  exhibit Chris won, Best Of Show. In 2022 Chris was again invited by the Norman Rockwell museum to participate in the  traveling exhibit,“Imprinted: Illustrating Race”, a special exhibition that examines the role of how published images shape attitudes towards race and culture, Chris has created a series of paintings that delves into personal family history of his wife Jan and that of the Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII. Hopkins graduated with honors from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena CA and taught at the Art Center shortly after graduation. Chris was resident artist at the Masterpiece Christian Arts Foundation. He has been awarded with gold and silver medals from SILA and a Life Achievement Award from Air Brush Action Magazine. In 2022 Chris was invited to participate in “Meymey’em” an International Indigenous Artists Gathering where he broadened his experience and artistic knowledge working beside and learning from indigenous artists from around the globe. Chris has collaborated with his wife Jan on numerous projects. He has also worked in collaboration with Maori artist, Lyonel Grant and he has also teamed with Canadian First Nations artist, Brenda Crabtree producing portraits that celebrate significant Indigenous artists Chris has always welcomed the opportunity to collaborate with like minded artists who possess a similar drive and artistic passion. 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